Investigation of Pb(II) bioremediation potential of algae and cyanobacteria strains isolated from polluted water

Akhtar, 2008, Biosorption characteristics of unicellular green alga Chlorella sorokiniana immobilized in loofa sponge for removal of Cr(III), J. Environ. Sci., 20, 231, 10.1016/S1001-0742(08)60036-4

Al-Thani, 2021, Perspectives of future water sources in Qatar by phytoremediation: Biodiversity at ponds and modern approach, Int. J. Phytoremediation, 23, 866, 10.1080/15226514.2020.1859986

Alluri, 2007, Biosorption: An eco-friendly alternative for heavy metal removal, Afr. J. Biotechnol., 6, 2924, 10.5897/AJB2007.000-2461

Bácsi, 2015, The sensitivity of two Monoraphidium species to zinc: Their possible future role in bioremediation, Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol., 12, 2455, 10.1007/s13762-014-0647-3

Bajguz, 2010, An enhancing effect of exogenous brassinolide on the growth and antioxidant activity in Chlorella vulgaris cultures under heavy metals stress, Environ. Exp. Bot., 68, 175, 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2009.11.003

Barros, 2017, Impact of filamentous cyanobacteria on the water quality of two tropical reservoirs, RBRH, 22, e6, 10.1590/2318-0331.011716072

Bellinger, 2015

Blanco, 1999, Biosorption of heavy metals to immobilised Phormidium laminosum biomass, J. Biotechnol., 69, 227, 10.1016/S0168-1656(99)00046-2

Chekroun, 2013, The role of algae in phytoremediation of heavy metals: A review, J. Mater. Environ. Sci., 4, 873

Dahiya, 2008, Biosorption of heavy metals and radionuclide from aqueous solutions by pre-treated arca shell biomass, J. Hazard. Mater., 150, 376, 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2007.04.134

Das, 2016, Biosorption of lead ions (Pb2+) from simulated wastewater using residual biomass of microalgae, Desalin. Water Treat., 57, 4576

De Philippis, 2011, Exopolysaccharide-producing cyanobacteria in heavy metal removal from water: Molecular basis and practical applicability of the biosorption process, Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol., 92, 697, 10.1007/s00253-011-3601-z

De-Bashan, 2010, Immobilized microalgae for removing pollutants: Review of practical aspects, Bioresour. Technol., 101, 1611, 10.1016/j.biortech.2009.09.043

Dissanayake, 1982, The environmental pollution of Kandy Lake: A case study from Sri Lanka, Environ. Int., 7, 343, 10.1016/0160-4120(82)90127-1

Dissanayake, 1987, Heavy metal pollution of the mid-canal of Kandy: An environmental case study from Sri Lanka, Environ. Res., 42, 24, 10.1016/S0013-9351(87)80004-X

El-Sheekh, 2003, Effect of cobalt on growth, pigments and the photosynthetic electron transport in Monoraphidium minutum and Nitzchia perminuta, Braz. J. Plant Physiol., 15, 159, 10.1590/S1677-04202003000300005

García-Meza, 2005, Biofilm formation by algae as a mechanism for surviving on mine tailings, Environ. Toxicol. Chem., 24, 573, 10.1897/04-064R.1

González, 2016, Response of three biofilm-forming benthic microorganisms to Ag nanoparticles and Ag+: The diatom Nitzschia palea, the green alga Uronema confervicolum and the cyanobacteria Leptolyngbya sp, Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res., 23, 22136, 10.1007/s11356-016-7259-z

Harland, 2013, Phormidium autumnale growth and anatoxin-a production under iron and copper stress, Toxins, 5, 2504, 10.3390/toxins5122504

Hu, 2014

Jarosławiecka, 2014, Lead resistance in micro-organisms, Microbiology, 160, 12, 10.1099/mic.0.070284-0

Jayatissa, 2006, Occurrence of toxigenic cyanobacterial blooms in freshwaters of Sri Lanka, Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 29, 156, 10.1016/j.syapm.2005.07.007

Jinadasa, 2012, Socio-environmental impact of water pollution on the mid-canal (Meda Ela), Sri Lanka, J. Water Resour. Prot., 4, 451, 10.4236/jwarp.2012.47052

Karman, 2015, Raw materials synthesis from heavy metal industry effluents with bioremediation and phytomining: A biomimetic resource management approach, Adv. Mater. Sci. Eng., 2015, 185071, 10.1155/2015/185071

Kumar, 2011, Removal of Pb(II) by immobilized and free filaments of marine Oscillatoria sp. NTMS01 and Phormidium sp. NTMS02, Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol., 87, 254, 10.1007/s00128-011-0348-2

Kumar, 2012, Removal of metal ions by Phormidium bigranulatum (cyanobacteria)-dominated mat in batch and continuous flow systems, Bioresour. Technol., 104, 202, 10.1016/j.biortech.2011.11.002

Liu, 2021, Orderly porous covalent organic frameworks-based materials: Superior adsorbents for pollutants removal from aqueous solutions, Innovation, 2, 100076

Liyanage, 2020, Application of live Chlorococcum aquaticum biomass for the removal of Pb(II) from aqueous solutions, J. Appl. Phycol., 32, 4069, 10.1007/s10811-020-02242-w

Maksoud, 2021, Sorption characteristics of bismuth tungstate nanostructure for removal of some radionuclides from aqueous solutions, Sep. Purif. Technol., 277, 119478, 10.1016/j.seppur.2021.119478

Mejáre, 2001, Metal-binding proteins and peptides in bioremediation and phytoremediation of heavy metals, Trends Biotechnol., 19, 67, 10.1016/S0167-7799(00)01534-1

Novák, 2020, Effects of metal quantity and quality to the removal of zinc and copper by two common green microalgae (Chlorophyceae) species, Phycol. Res., 68, 227, 10.1111/pre.12422

Schiewer, 2008, Pectin-rich fruit wastes as biosorbents for heavy metal removal: Equilibrium and kinetics, Bioresour. Technol., 99, 1896, 10.1016/j.biortech.2007.03.060

Sen, 2019, Cyanobacteria: The eco-friendly tool for the treatment of industrial wastewater, 163

Seneviratne, 2008, Fungal-bacterial biofilms: Their development for novel biotechnological applications, World J. Microbiol. Biotechnol., 24, 739, 10.1007/s11274-007-9539-8

Shanab, 2012, Bioremoval capacity of three heavy metals by some microalgae species (Egyptian isolates), Plant Signal. Behav., 7, 392, 10.4161/psb.19173

Singh, 2019, Biological wastewater treatment for prevention of river water pollution and reuse: Perspectives and challenges, 81

Souza, 2012, Algae of economic importance that accumulate cadmium and lead: A review, Rev. Bras. Farmacogn., 22, 825, 10.1590/S0102-695X2012005000076

Stokes, 1973, Heavy-metal tolerance in algae isolated from contaminated lakes near Sudbury, Ontario, Can. J. Bot., 51, 2155, 10.1139/b73-278

Travieso, 1999, Heavy metal removal by microalgae, Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol., 62, 144, 10.1007/s001289900853

York, 2002

Yu, 2021, Recent advances in metal-organic framework membranes for water treatment: A review, Sci. Total Environ., 800, 149662, 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.149662

Zhao, 2019, Influence of cadmium stress on the lipid production and cadmium bioresorption by Monoraphidium sp. QLY-1, Energ. Convers. Manag., 188, 76, 10.1016/j.enconman.2019.03.041